The Italian heaven for climbers, hikers and skiers from around the world is moving closer to join earth’s cultural and natural wonders on the United Nations World Heritage List.
MIT Students Win Grant to Deliver Off-Grid Solar Power
May 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have won one of six U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants for economically sustainable programs that protect the environment. Launched by doctoral candidates Amy Mueller and Matt Orosz, the MIT project aims to bring cheap and eco-friendly energy to parts of the world that are now off the [...]
Largest Space Telescope Ever Launched Will Study Big Bang Theory
May 15, 2009 By 11 Comments
Move over Hubble Telescope, the European Space Agency has launched the largest telescope ever sent to space on a mission to study how the Big Bang created the universe. This comes right on the heels of another related and exciting scientific breakthrough: for the first time ever, scientists have successfully showed us how the earliest [...]
What’s the Dish on Grease Recycling in SF?
May 14, 2009 By 7 Comments
In response to this greasy problem the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is now taking action. They have begun the SF Greasecycle program, which collects waste vegetable oil from City restaurants for FREE and recycles it into biodiesel. Nearly all of San Francisco’s city vehicles already run on biodiesel, but soon they will be able to use biofuel made from used cooking oils provided by our local restaurants.
What is the Story of Stuff?
May 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
The “Story of Stuff“, with Annie Leonard, is another great educational short film from Free Range Studios, who also brought us an informative, witty and horrifying tour of factory farming in “The Meatrix“. This creative agency explains that they do not “work to sell products, they create work that sells ideas that build a more [...]
